What's on

Half term pizza making at Saddlescombe Farm

Join us to experience making pizzas in a traditional clay oven. Bake directly on the oven floor without using a thermometer!

Fri 21 Feb 2020

10:00-13:00

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Wildlife photography for beginners

Gain the confidence to take your camera off 'auto' and learn how to take amazing wildlife photos.

Sat 14 Mar 2020

10:30-15:30

Mothers Day baking at Saddlescombe Farm

Join us to bake the traditional way in our Clay oven without a thermometer in sight!

Sun 22 Mar 2020

10:00-13:00

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Cadbury Easter Egg hunt at Devil's Dyke

Fun for all the family. Come along to Devil's Dyke anytime between 11am and 3pm to collect your quiz sheet and map. Find the plastic eggs around the Dyke to solve the clues. All participants receive a Cadbury chocolate.

Fri 10 Apr 2020

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11:00-15:00

Easter Egg Rolling Competition

Bring your own hand decorated hard boiled egg and try your luck at this Easter custom - the egg that gets furthest down the Dyke valley wins. We will also judge the Best Decorated Egg.

Mon 13 Apr 2020

10:45-12:00

The Big Walk - Celebrating 125 years of the National Trust

Join the big walk from Preston Park, Brighton to Devil’s Dyke. Rangers will bring the landscape alive through poetry, storytelling and wildlife encounters.

Sun 24 May 2020

10:00-14:00

Summer half term pizza making

Join us to experience making pizzas in a traditional clay oven. Bake directly on the oven floor without using a thermometer!

Fri 29 May 2020

10:00-13:00

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Wolsonbury orchid walk

Resident ranger and orchid enthusiast Graham Welfare is offering a wonderful guided orchid-full day out on Wolstonbury Hill.

Sun 07 Jun 2020

10:30-13:30

Saddlescombe and Newtimber orchid walk and talk

Join resident ranger and orchid enthusiast Graham Wellfare for an orchid-full day this June.

Tue 16 Jun 2020

10:30-13:30

Fathers Day dens and campfire

Come on a short guided walk to woodland near Saddlescombe where we'll make dens, and enjoy hot chocolate and marshmallows around the campfire.

Sun 21 Jun 2020

09:30-12:30

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Saddlescombe Farm Open Day

Discover this hidden ancient downland farm that was once owned by the Knights Templars. Animals, history, activities, crafts and much much more.

Sun 28 Jun 2020

10:30-15:30

Bug hunt safari

Join our Rangers to discover what wild minibeasts live in the chalk grassland jungle.

Sun 19 Jul 2020

11:00-14:00

Butterflying on Newtimber Hill

Join resident ranger and butterfly enthusiast, Graham Wellfare on one of England's finest butterfly sites - Newtimber Hill.

Sun 19 Jul 2020

11:00-14:30

Soap making in Saddlescombe's Tudor farmhouse

Learn how to make soap in our Tudor farmhouse at Saddescombe

Wed 26 Aug 2020

10:00-12:30

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Saddlescombe Farm Heritage Open Day

Discover this ancient downland farm that was once owned by the Knights Templar. Part of the FREE Heritage Open Days scheme.

Sun 20 Sep 2020

10:30-15:30

The Devil's Dyke fungi hunt, part 1

Join mycologist, Martin Allinson and the National Trust for a day of recording as many species of fungi as possible, across glorious Newtimber Hill on the South Downs, near Brighton.

Fri 23 Oct 2020

09:30-15:00

Devil's Dyke fungi hunt -part 2

Join us for a day of recording as many species of fungi as possible, across wonderful Wolstonbury Hill, on the South Downs, near Brighton. Expert mycologist Martin Allinson will be on hand to identify and record finds.

Fri 30 Oct 2020

09:30-15:00